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Anonymous wrote:I would say pare it down to one IB HS per region. 5 regions would mean 5 high schools

Region I: South Lakes 
 Region II: Annandale, Marshall or Stuart 
 Region III: Edison, Lee or Mount Vernon 
 Region IV: Robinson 
 Region V: does not have one currently: which should switch to IB: Chantilly, Westfield or Woodson (Fairfax not a contender because of Fairfax City)

Regions II and III are too heavily IB.

None of those schools in Region V want IB. Chantilly and Westfield are in high-tech territory; those folks heavily prefer AP. In addition, Chantilly is largely Asian, and those communities also tend to prefer the structure of AP over IB, which requires a ton of essay writing. FCPS tried to introduce IB to Woodson years ago and the parents rebelled. I think that battle has been fought and lost.

I tend to agree four IB schools is enough - would keep it at South Lakes, Marshall, Lee and Robinson. Edison has an Academy, and Mount Vernon has some special programs associated with being the school for families on base at Ft. Belvoir. Limiting IB in that area to Lee might increase the number of pupil placements to that school.

So how do we get FCPS to get on board with this pairing down of the IB program. Seems like a good year to make the change. They could say they're using the savings on providing busing for high schools to start later.

[b]It will be hard since they are continuing to go all in on IB by adding IB in elementary schools[/b]. I'm guessing IB won't get removed from the high schools if they are spending all that money on new IB elementary programmes. For that reason, Stuart, for example, is stuck with IB. [/quote]

That's too bad. [b]The PYP and MYP are a big joke[/b]. [/quote]

What's your basis for saying that? My kids go to Belvedere (the only PYP school in FCPS) and they LOVE the PYP units. It seems to be a really engaging curriculum and IMHO is a great option for giving different learning opportunities to kids who aren't in AAP. I hope FCPS adds it in more elementary schools.[/quote]

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